capistro
Dictionary entries
- Entry →capistro, capistrare, capistravi, capistratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
provide with a halter, put a halter on a horse; fasten with a headstall; bind;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →capistrum, capistri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
halter/headstall/harness, muzzle; matrimonial halter (L+S); band for vines;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...moechorum notissimus olim stulta maritali iam porrigit ora capistro, quem totiens texit perituri cista Latini? quid quod..."Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...XCVI. Cervus. Hic erat ille tuo domitus, Cyparisse, capistro. An magis iste tuus, Silvia, cervus erat? XCVII. Lalisio..."
